SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan and President
Christopher C. Dahl to sign agreement with Dr. Pedro Angel Palou, president of
leading Mexican university

WHAT:

State University of New York
Chancellor John R. Ryan and Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl will sign a
historic agreement with the head of one of Mexico's leading private universities
to establish a dual-diploma degree program in international relations.

When Chancellor
Ryan and President Dahl finalize this agreement with President Pedro Angel
Palou, Geneseo becomes the first SUNY school to establish a dual-diploma degree
program with a university in Mexico. Universidad de las Americas, in Puebla,
Mexico, has approximately 8,300 students and offers a number of academic
programs through the doctoral level in a variety of disciplines. The dual-diploma degree program will allow Geneseo
students to attend UDLA, and UDLA students to attend Geneseo.

The partnership with the Universidad de las Americas builds on what Geneseo has
already established with other highly respected universities in its
drive to expand the college's international offerings and ties.

WHEN:

At 10:30 a.m.
TODAY, Thursday, April 13, 2006

WHERE:

Milne Library, SUNY Geneseo campusWHO:

UDLA Rector, or President,
Dr. Pedro Angel Palou, and Ambassador Jorge Alberto Lozoya, UDLA Vice Rector
for Institutional Advancement, will represent the Mexican institution at the
signing. Ambassador Robert Gosende, Associate Vice Chancellor for International
Programs; Sally Crimmins-Villela, Director of Latin American Programs; and
Claudia Hernandez, Program Officer for Latin America from the State University
of New York system administration will join the contingent. UDLA's Lozoya has also served as a U.N. ambassador for Mexico and
as general secretary of the Ibero-American Corporation.

MEDIA: For more
information, contact Sarah Grace Pretzer or Mary E. McCrank in the Office of
Communications and Publications at (585) 245-5516.